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Springtime blessings鈥� with Zakia

Zakia celebrates Spring Equinox with a load of folky selections. Expect some Pentangle, Donovan and Vashti Bunyan, plus we hear from the Black British Folk Collective.

DJ, broadcaster, writer and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions鈥�

Zakia celebrates the Spring Equinox - the first day of spring - as the wheel of the year turns ever on. We welcome in the light with lots of folky selections, leaning heavily into the pagan-adjacent sounds of the late 60s folk revival including Dream Time favourites Pentangle, Davy Graham, Vashti Bunyan and Donovan. There鈥檚 some new releases from Tara Clerkin Trio, Enji and Green-House, and an ode to springtime from the legendary Sun Ra.

Plus, we hear from the Black British Folk Collective - a trio of musicians and researchers made up of Angeline Morrison, Bianca Wilson and Marcus MacDonald. They tell us a bit about their work, their Equinox rituals and each pick a song that鈥檚 important to them.

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk or text us on 03700 100 600

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Sun 22 Mar 2026 22:00
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Music Played

  • Felbm

    spring v

    • winterspring/summerfall.
    • Objects & Sounds.

  • Pentangle

    Springtime Promises

    • Basket of Light.
    • Transatlantic.

  • Davey Graham

    Bruton Town

    • Large as Life and Twice as Natural.
    • London Recordings.

  • Donovan

    The Lullaby of Spring

    • A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.
    • Pye.

  • Tara Clerkin Trio

    Somewhere Good

    • Somewhere Good.
    • World of Echo.

  • SOYUZ

    Spring Has Sprung (feat. Asha Puthli & Sven Wunder)

    • Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 7.
    • Mr Bongo.

  • David Cain

    Spring

    • The Seasons.
    • 麻豆社 Radio Enterprises.

  • Sun Ra

    Springtime Again

    • Sleeping Beauty.
    • Saturn.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Bright Blessings

    • OPHELIA album.

  • Beatrice Mapsey Johnson

    Bright Summer Morning

    • Zoop! Zoop! Zoop! Traditional Music and Folklore of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St.
    • New World Records.

  • Sister Irene O鈥機onnor

    Springtime (In Australia)

    • Fire of God's Love.
    • Freedom to Spend.

  • Anne Briggs

    I Thought I Saw You Again

    • Sing a Song for You.
    • Bo'Weavil Recordings.

  • Collie Ryan

    Cricket

    • Indian Harvest.
    • Rainbow Recording.

  • Miyako Otsuki

    Miyazu Bushi

    • Otsuki Miyako No Nihon Minyo Latin Feeling.
    • SOUND FUJI.

  • Imane Homsy

    Spring

    • Seigneur Kanoun = Lord Kanun.
    • Institut Du Monde Arabe.

  • Enji

    Unfolding

    • Unfolding.
    • Squama.

  • Our Native Daughters

    Moon meets the sun

    • Songs of Our Native Daughters.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

  • Jean Ritchie

    Barbry Allen

    • Vantage Music.

  • John Renbourn

    Lady Goes To Church

    • Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte.
    • Transatlantic.

  • Sachiko Kanenobu

    The First Strong Winds of Spring

    • Misora.
    • Chapter Music.

  • Vashti Bunyan

    If I Were

    • Fragments du Monde Flottant.
    • Les Disques Bongo Joe.

  • Lal and Norma Waterson

    Flowers of the Forest

    • A True Hearted Girl.
    • Topic Records.

  • Beverly Glenn鈥怌opeland

    Ever New

    • Keyboard Fantasies.

  • Green-House

    Misty step

  • 笔补苍鈥尘别谤颈肠补苍

    Taxi to the Terminal Gate

    • Kranky.

  • Asia Dojnikowska + marine eyes

    that the light is everything

    • gentle voices, vol. 1.

  • Trace Oryn

    i don't mind listening

    • Moments EP.

  • KMRU

    canopy

    • Forge.
    • Seil Records.

  • Lonnie Liston Smith

    A Garden Of Peace

    • Dreams of tomorrow.
    • Doctor Jazz.

  • Enya

    Carribbean Blue

    • Shepherd Moons.
    • Warner.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Mar 2026 22:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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